A patient is notified of a diagnosis of hepatitis by the healthcare provider and informed that it can be transmitted to others even though the patient has not been ill. The patient has a distant history of injection substance use
For which type of hepatitis should the nurse plan care for this patient?
1. hepatitis A
2. hepatitis B
3. hepatitis C
4. hepatitis D
Correct Answer: 3
Hepatitis C is the primary worldwide cause of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and liver cancer. It is transmitted through infected blood and body fluids. Injection drug use is the primary risk factor for HCV infection, accounting for nearly half of all new infections. Acute hepatitis C usually is asymptomatic; if symptoms do develop, they often are mild and nonspecific. The disease often is recognized long after exposure occurred, when secondary effects of the disease (such as chronic hepatitis or cirrhosis) develop. Few acute infections completely resolve; most progress to chronic active hepatitis. Hepatitis A usually resolves completely and rarely results in a carrier state. Patients with hepatitis B are typically very ill following the preicteric phase, which is not consistent with this patient's history. Hepatitis D infects only people already infected with hepatitis B.
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